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Happy the pilgrims whom you strengthen, to make the ascent to you” (Psalm 84, 5-6)
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27th Sunday in Ordinary time
27th Sunday in Ordinary time 08/10/2023 Mt 21, 33-43 Another vineyard story but with a very different purpose. In this story it is God...

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Oct 10, 20233 min read
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6th Sunday of Easter
6th Sunday of Easter Year A 2023 Jn 17, 1-11 The community within which Jesus grew up, like all communities in Israel at that time,...

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May 26, 20233 min read
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5th Sunday of Easter
5th Sunday Easter Year A 2023 Jn 14, 15-21 The Truth Jesus refers to is not something we can possess, nor is it about knowledge, words or...

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May 26, 20233 min read
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Good Shepherd
4th Sunday Easter Year A - Good Shepherd – Vocations - 2023 Pope Francis writes about Vocations : This is the 60th celebration of the...

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May 26, 20233 min read
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3rd Sunday Easter
3rd Sunday Easter Emmaus 2023, Lk 24,13-35 With the arrival of Spring there is an energy in the air that almost impels us to go out and...

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Apr 25, 20233 min read
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Divine Mercy Sunday
2nd Sunday Easter Year A - 2023 Luke describes the early Christians forming a community of mutual support and sharing. A better word for...

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Apr 25, 20232 min read
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East Sunday
East Sunday Year A 2023 Sr Macrina Wiederkehr osb has an interesting way of welcoming Easter. Rather than being observers of this...

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Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday Year A 2023 Jesus is testimony that being treated shamefully does not mean he was shamed. Rather, those who treated him...

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Apr 1, 20232 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent
5th Sunday Lent Year A 2023 The raising of Lazarus is like a trailer for what is to come when Jesus will be laid in the tomb and is freed...

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Apr 1, 20232 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent
3rd Sunday of Lent Year A 12/3/2023 Jn 4, 5-42 We are today in the third Sunday of Lent. We have the story of Jesus and the Samaritan...

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Apr 1, 20232 min read
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2rd Sunday of Lent
2rd Sunday of Lent 5/3/2023, Mt 17, 1-9 However fertile our imaginations, it is impossible for us to realise the real effect of the...

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Mar 11, 20232 min read
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1st Sunday of Lent
1st Sunday of Lent 26/2/2023 Mt 4, 1-14 Sooner or later every human heart yearns for holiness, spirituality, for God. Mystics speak of a...

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Feb 28, 20232 min read
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4th Sunday
4th Sunday in Ordinary time 29/1/2023, Mt 5, 1-12 David E Crawford writes the following about the Beatitudes; In writing about the poor...

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Jan 31, 20232 min read
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3rd Sunday
3rd Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A, 23/01/2023, Mt 4, 12-23 Words of wisdom: “There’s a fine line between a long, drawn-out sermon and a...

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Jan 23, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday
2nd Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A, 15 January 2023, Jn 1, 29-34 Once again, we are reminded of Jesus’ baptism, and John the Baptist...

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Jan 23, 20233 min read
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Trusting God’s plan.
Christmas night mass Year C 24/12/2021 Lk 2,1-14 Many of us may participate in different Christmas Carols this year. We can see also the...

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Jan 23, 20233 min read
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A surprise gift
4th Sunday in Advent 18/12/2022 Mt 1, 18-24 All over the world, families and friends give presents to each other on Christmas. Most...

Assumptionists in the UK
Dec 21, 20223 min read
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3rd Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent Mt 11, 2-11 Today we are on the 3rd Sunday of Advent which is called "Gaudete Sunday". Rejoicing, exulting, crying...

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Dec 21, 20223 min read
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2rd Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent 4/12/2022 Mt 3, 1-12 Don’t give up hope and the Lord will always come to help you said St Paul. Advent invites us...

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Dec 10, 20222 min read
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1st Sunday of Advent
First Sunday of Advent Year A, 27/11/2022, Mt 24, 37-44 We live in a world of staggering beauty and overpowering wonder and fail to see...

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Nov 29, 20222 min read
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